UMTRI receives $790,500 grant

The University of Michigan Transportation Research Institute (UMTRI) has received a $790,500 grant from the Motor Vehicle Manufacturers Association of the United States Inc. (MVMA).

The grant will support research projects and includes $185,000 in discretionary funds that will be used to maintain and upgrade equipment, to generate new program initiatives, and to support UMTRIs research library.

This is a gift to UMTRI, but it will also allow us to continue to make our resources available to the University community, as well as business and industry and government researchers, said UMTRI Director Patricia F. Waller.

The MVMA will maintain advisory groups of industry engineers and scientists to assist UMTRI in its efforts.